Helio P35 vs Helio A22

We compared the 8-core MediaTek Helio P35 (PowerVR GE8320) with the older 4-core Helio A22 (PowerVR GE8300) SoC. Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of MediaTek Helio P35
  • Performs 2.1x better in floating-point computations
  • Has 4 more cores
  • Shows better (up to 28%) AnTuTu 11 score – 199K vs 155K
  • 15% higher CPU clock speed (2300 vs 2000 MHz)
  • Supports 7% higher memory bandwidth (14.9 against 13.9 GB/s)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Helio P35 +28%
199111
155362
CPU 98565 50011
GPU 12261 11351
Memory 48524 43708
UX 39761 50292
Total score 199111 155362
Samples [11 tests] Less than 3

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Helio P35 +59%
476
300
Multi-Core Score
Helio P35 +70%
828
486
Asset compression 62.7 MB/sec 27.9 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 28.4 pages/sec 15.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 33.2 Mpixels/sec 21.1 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 10.6 images/sec 5.92 images/sec
HDR 29.9 Mpixels/sec 15.8 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 0.88 images/sec 0.47 images/sec
Photo processing 5.59 images/sec 4.01 images/sec
Ray tracing 1.76 Mpixels/sec 855.9 Mpixels/sec
Samples 5 tests Less than 3
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 0.22 images/sec -
Face detection 0.14 images/sec -
Horizon detection 0.01 Gpixels/sec -
Edge detection 0.01 Gpixels/sec -
Stereo matching 0.25 Gpixels/sec -
Particle physics 29.3 FPS -
API Vulkan -
Samples 2 tests -

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Helio P35 +1%
4824
4794
Web score 4493 5175
Video editing score 3869 3987
Data manipulation score 4019 3196
Photo editing score 7357 8627
Writing score 5560 4460
Phones tested 4 models Less than 3

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
MediaTek Helio P35
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-25 -> a05stechAnTuTu 12261637
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-27 (uday)AnTuTu 11200285
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-09 (Fintex)AnTuTu 11193141
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-02 (Muhanmmad Iskandar Sahar)AnTuTu 11216878
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-27 -> USAball386AnTuTu 11191161
MediaTek Helio A22
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-29 (Honor 8S user)CPU Throttle100%

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Helio P35 and Helio A22

CPU

Architecture 4x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A53
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A53
Cores 8 4
Frequency 2300 MHz 2000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8-A
Process 12 nanometers 12 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 2.2 W 4 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name PowerVR GE8320 PowerVR GE8300
Architecture PowerVR Series8XE (Rogue) PowerVR Series8XE (Rogue)
GPU frequency 680 MHz 660 MHz
Pipelines 4 2
Shading units 8 8
Total shaders 32 16
FLOPS 43.5 Gigaflops 20.8 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 1.2 1.2

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) No NeuroPilot

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 1600 MHz 1600 MHz
Bus 2x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 14.9 Gb/s 13.9 Gb/s
Max size 6 GB 6 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type eMMC 5.1 eMMC 5.1
Max display resolution 2400 x 1080 1600 x 720
Max camera resolution 1x 25MP, 2x 13MP 1x 21MP, 2x 13MP
Video capture 1K at 30FPS 1K at 30FPS
Video playback 1080p at 30FPS 1080p at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- H.264
- H.265
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

4G support LTE Cat. 7 LTE Cat. 7
5G support No No
Download speed Up to 300 Mbps Up to 300 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 5
Bluetooth 5.0 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou

Info

Announced December 2018 June 2018
Class Low end Low end
Model number MT6765 MT6761V/WAB
Official page MediaTek Helio P35 official site MediaTek Helio A22 official site
Successor - MediaTek Helio G35 -

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